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Showing 11311140 of 2166 articles for Art. 239 bis AB

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-5

…tement indicating the forecast amount of the net bases of each of the four direct local taxes chargeable to the department, the net tax rates adopted by the department the previous year, the average r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-3

…rovided for in 1° to 3° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented: 1° The persons mentioned in 9° bis of Article L. 561-2 verify the identity and, where applicable, the address of their customer ope…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322-4

…ion, by any means conferring a certain date, the list that can claim to belong to the union. In the absence of this indication, the trade union organisations that have filed the lists in question cann…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-51

…ion, by any means conferring a certain date, the list that can claim to belong to the union. In the absence of this indication, the trade union organisations that have submitted the lists in question…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Real estate investment companies and real estate management companies

Article 139 ter

Sont exemchis de la retenue à la source prévue au 2 de Article 119 bis, insofar as they derive from profits exempt from corporation tax pursuant to 3° ter of article 208, dividends and other income di…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 ter

Even if the periods provided for in articles 354 and 354a have elapsed, omissions or deficiencies in taxation constituting offences whose purpose or result is the non-recovery of duties or taxes, reve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-3-1

It is punishable by a fine of 45,000 euros for companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products not to make public the precise purpos…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Charges levied by electronic communications operators

Article R213-1

…the Economy, Finance and Industry and the Minister for Justice. This order distinguishes the applicable tariffs according to the categories of data and services required, taking into account, where a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21-1

Where an application for marketing authorisation in France is made for a medicinal product which has already been authorised or is the subject of an application for marketing authorisation currently b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° septies: Tax reduction for property restoration in protected areas, run-down old districts and protected zones

Article 199 tervicies

…or the expenses they incur for the complete restoration of a built building:1° - Located in a remarkable heritage site classified under Title III of Book VI of the Heritage Code:a) Either when the bui…

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